Antioch: Downed power line causes grass fire

ANTIOCH -- A downed power line caused an outage for nearly 5,000 PG&E customers and burned through about 2 acres of vegetation Wednesday night.

It was not immediately clear what caused a power line near Willow Avenue and Oakley Road to fall shortly before 10 p.m., but it appears to have sparked a small grass fire, the Contra Costa Fire District said.

The fire was brought under control in less than an hour and did not cause any injuries. Power to most PG&E customers was quickly restored, although 68 people remained without service as of 11 p.m., according to J.E. Guidi, a PG&E spokesman.